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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 206-213Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.02.002
Keywords
Resveratrol; TNF-alpha; Muscle atrophy
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- National Science Foundation of China [81173457]
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Muscle atrophy poses a serious concern to patients inflicted with inflammatory diseases. There is now increasing evidence which suggests a vital role for tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in muscle pathology associated with impairment of differentiation and muscle wasting. Resveratrol has been an ascribed inhibitory effect on glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy in vitro, but the influence of resveratrol on the growth of C2C12 myotubes exposed to TNF-alpha remains unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the involvement of TNF-alpha in the regulation of skeletal muscle hypertrophy and atrophy, and the possibility to interfere with such modulations by means of resveratrol supplementation. For this purpose, C2C12 myotubes were treated with TNF-alpha. in the presence or absence of resveratrol. Myotube treatment with TNF-alpha contributes to both hyperexpression of the muscle-specific ubiquitin ligase MAFbx and MuRF1, and these alterations are linked to a decrease of anabolic targets (Akt, mTOR, p70S6k and 4E-BP1) and an increase of catabolic targets (FoxO1, FoxO3a, MAFbx and MuRF1). Resveratrol supplementation effectively counteracts TNF-alpha induced muscle protein loss and reverses declining expression of Akt, mTOR, p70S6K, 4E-BPland FoxO1, but exerts no influence of FoxO3a expression. Our study demonstrates that resveratrol can reverse the muscle cell atrophy caused by TNF-alpha through regulation of the Akt/mTOR/FoxO1 signaling pathways, followed by inhibition of the atrophy-related ubiquitin ligase. Our findings suggested that resveratrol could represent a possible strategy to improve muscle mass. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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